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Running head: RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANALYSIS PART ONE
Risk Management Program Analysis Part One
MonyAcademia
Grand Canyon University – HLT-308V
September 01, 2019
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RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANALYSIS PART ONE
Risk Management Program Analysis Part One
Defined as an organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce risk to patients, visitors,
staff and organizational assets, risk management in healthcare is a highly essential part of the
system (Alam, 2016). The care and safety of patients is one of the main priorities of risk
management. This is especially true when one of the most pertinent topics discussed is fall
prevention for patients. With baby-boom generation aging, the urgency for more strategies for
prevention and management for risk of falls has heightened. Interestingly, Hignett and Wolfe
report that up to 34% of elderly adults, ages 70 and above, believe that fall prevention is a
strategy that can work fine for others but is unnecessary for themselves (Hignett & Wolfe, 2016).
It is common that patients within geriatric care units express aversion for needing to have fall
precautions. When faced with the opposition of these patients, it is the responsibility of the nurse
to educate them on why they are at risk, address the potential of further or future injury, and
communicate the importance of why fall precautions are set in place. The following analysis will
discuss the fall prevention strategies used within the author’s place of employment, as well as
compare risk management models, analysis, evaluations, and recommendations.
Risk Management Plan with Rationale
Identifying fall risks as well as providing prevention and, when necessary, arranging post
fall patient recovery is important when developing a plan for risk management. Included in an
exceptional risk management plan are identifiers for patients of high risk, provisions for
documentation, evidence-based recommended interventions, and implementation of fall risk
interventions. While the primary objective is to prevent patient falls completely, it is important to
note that it is within a patient’s rights to fall.
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Running head: RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANALYSIS PART ONE
Risk Management Program Analysis Part One
MonyAcademia
Grand Canyon University – HLT-308V
September 01, 2019
, 2
RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANALYSIS PART ONE
Risk Management Program Analysis Part One
Defined as an organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce risk to patients, visitors,
staff and organizational assets, risk management in healthcare is a highly essential part of the
system (Alam, 2016). The care and safety of patients is one of the main priorities of risk
management. This is especially true when one of the most pertinent topics discussed is fall
prevention for patients. With baby-boom generation aging, the urgency for more strategies for
prevention and management for risk of falls has heightened. Interestingly, Hignett and Wolfe
report that up to 34% of elderly adults, ages 70 and above, believe that fall prevention is a
strategy that can work fine for others but is unnecessary for themselves (Hignett & Wolfe, 2016).
It is common that patients within geriatric care units express aversion for needing to have fall
precautions. When faced with the opposition of these patients, it is the responsibility of the nurse
to educate them on why they are at risk, address the potential of further or future injury, and
communicate the importance of why fall precautions are set in place. The following analysis will
discuss the fall prevention strategies used within the author’s place of employment, as well as
compare risk management models, analysis, evaluations, and recommendations.
Risk Management Plan with Rationale
Identifying fall risks as well as providing prevention and, when necessary, arranging post
fall patient recovery is important when developing a plan for risk management. Included in an
exceptional risk management plan are identifiers for patients of high risk, provisions for
documentation, evidence-based recommended interventions, and implementation of fall risk
interventions. While the primary objective is to prevent patient falls completely, it is important to
note that it is within a patient’s rights to fall.
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